METHOD FOR DETERMINING TERMS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HEPATOCIRRHOSIS WITH SPLEEN HYPERFUNCTION Russian patent published in 1996 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves determining erythrocytes deformability and their osmotic fragility before and in 2.5- 3.5 months after performing trunkal X-ray-endovascular embolization of the spleen artery with metal needleless spiral. Erythrocyte deformability being observed to increase above 105%, and osmotic fragility being fallen below 40% with respect to the initial values, the time is determined as optimal for surgical treatment of hepatocirrhosis due to morphofunctional properties restoration of erythrocytes taking place and therefore improvement of rheological properties of blood, microcirculation, and transport function of erythrocytes also takes place. EFFECT: enhanced accuracy in determining favorable time for making operation.